This series of three pics for Christmas was taken much closer to home. Thought I'll quickly post them as it's already Christmas Day here. Happy Christmas everyone!

A very small part of the incredible Field of Light installation, Uluru Australia, by famed artist Bruce Munro. Hint: It only looks like a wagon wheel.

A silicate mineral in the opal family. (Mine, too.) 25mm

Taken with Raynox 250 for close to 2:1 magnification.

Shadow play

Smile on Saturday what's in a name. Jon is short for Jonathan which means gift from God. Don't most names mean that. It turns out it was the name of my fifth great grandfather, born in the Carolina colonies around 1750. I don't think my mom knew that. The signature is on an old pen sketch from when I was in art school long time ago. Smile it's Saturday ;-)

Left : juvenile

right : adult

Just a few more days for Spring...let's party! 💐

Thank you so much for the visit and your kind comments! 💕

And a juvenile...

They like crocus pollen also. :-)

Marbles

Usualy I see them darker...

Some juveniles ad the edge of an old leaf.

Between Podura aquatica I found only one Sminthurides sp. When there is one present then there must be more of them.

This is a female, I have not found a male yet...

Opitter (Itterdal park)

Hastings

Sterkrader Herbstvergnügen 2020

Tea-toning

Cyanotype on Chinese Solar paper. 3,5h in LEDlight

Cyanotype on Chinese Solaraper. 3h in Led light.

Photoshop Manipulation

Ref : DSC_6598-Broken Head

Date : July 23, 2020.

Shadow play

This time in color.

It seems something colorfull beams out of this shot.

Utrecht, OudeGracht

Shadow play

Cyanotype on Chinese Solar paper, 3,5h in LED light

Cyanotype on Chinese Solar paper. 3h in Led light.

Cyanotype on Chinese Solar paper. 4h in Led light

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View on black on Flickriver

Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.

Rumi

The amazing beauty of the macroworld...

Here you can see a springtail with the beautiful name : Sminthurinus elegans.

And can you see the little gem on the little lump of sand?

HMM :-)

Recycling cyanotypes

Wenn sich alternde Damen mit Perlen schmücken und ins rechte Licht stellen wollen ...

Sepia Bearbeitung , Untergrund Beleuchtung , Vignette weiß / LED / verblühende Rose / Monocrome / Lensbaby composer pro 50 / Unschärfe Effekt

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When aging ladies adorn themselves with pearls and want to put themself in the right light ... Sepia processing, background lighting, vignette white / LED / fading rose / monocrome / Lensbaby composer per 50 / blurring effect